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Spectre of Terror Raids Overshadows C. African Town

They were attacked by "drugged, drunk and uncontrollable" armed men, and now the residents of a Central African town...

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G7 Leaders Turn Attention To Africa

Leaders of the G7 group of rich nations are due to meet African heads of state for talks on the migrant crisis. The...

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Fresh Shipwreck In Med, Migrants Tell UNHCR

Migrants rescued off the coast of Libya have described discovering a shipwrecked dinghy at sea, saying dozens of people...

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Jordan Has ‘hit Limit’ Hosting Syrian Refugees

Jordan said Monday it has hit the limit of its ability to host Syrian refugees as Washington's United Nations envoy...

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Italy Inks Deal With Libya Neighbours To Block Migrants

Italy has signed a deal with Libya, Chad and Niger to try to stem the flow of migrants across the Mediterranean by...

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UN Refugee Chief Urges Libya To Free Refugees and Asylum Seekers

The head of the United Nations refugee agency on Sunday urged Libyan authorities to free all asylum seekers and...

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5,000 Refugees Rescued On Route To Italy From Libya

About 5,000 refugees bound for Italy were rescued in waters off the coast of Libya between Thursday and Saturday...

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Solar Power Brings Relief To Syrian Refugees In Jordan

Before solar power came to the Jordan desert camp she now calls home, life was tough for Syrian refugee Racha Hadar and...

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South Sudanese Refugees Need $1.4 Bn This Year

The United Nations said Monday that $1.4 billion (1.3 billion euros) was needed this year alone to help the nearly two...

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Angola Feels Pressure of DR Congo Refugees

Hundreds of people from Democratic Republic of Congo's central Kasai region have been pouring into neighbouring Angola...

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UN Warns of Massive Displacement In Yemen

A UN official warned Wednesday that up to half a million people could be displaced as conflict escalates and the...

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Nearly 200 Asylum Seekers Feared Dead Off Libya Coast

Eleven migrants have died and nearly 200 are missing after two boats carrying asylum seekers sank off the coast of...

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11 Migrants Dead, 200 Missing In Mediterranean Sinkings

Eleven migrants have died and nearly 200 are missing after two boats sank off the coast of Libya, UN agencies said...

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South Sudan Child Refugees Top One Million

War has now forced more than one million children to flee South Sudan and uprooted 1.4 million others within the...

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Italian FM In Libya For Talks On Peace and Migrants

Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano on Saturday held talks in Tripoli with top Libyan officials on peace efforts...

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Libya Rescues 129 Migrants Stranded At Sea

Gunmen mugged 129 migrants on a rubber dinghy headed for Europe and also stole the craft's motor, abandoning them off...

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Burundi Refugees Find Hope In ‘at Home’ Bar In Rwanda

Outside Rwanda's national stadium is a bar that has become a second home for Burundian refugees fleeing their country's...

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Cameroon Denies Forcibly Repatriating Nigerian Refugees

A two-day-old baby boy cries as his parents take seats in a Cameroonian military truck in the border town of Fotokol....

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Fresh Surge of Refugees Return To Afghanistan From Pakistan

A fresh surge of undocumented refugees have returned to Afghanistan from Pakistan this month, a humanitarian group said...